Daily Archives: May 24, 2011

For this week at least, FC Edmonton’s Kyle Porter looms larger than the most prolific scorer in North American pro soccer.
Porter was named the NASL’s offensive player of the week on Tuesday. The Mississauga. Ont. native scored with his right foot in the first half and with his left in the second as FC Edmonton beat the NSC Minnesota Stars 2-1 to wrap up the Victoria Day long weekend.

There is one honour that belongs to Geoff Aunger that no other Canadian soccer player can ever take from him.
Aunger, the Red Deer, Alta. native who was capped 44 times by the national team, was the first Canadian to ever play on an MLS Cup winner, the D.C. United side of 1999 that some would argue is still the greatest team to ever play in the league.
“Making it in that league at that time was very difficult,” said Aunger, who now works in New York as a private banker. “At the time, we, the Canadian players, counted as import players."

FC Edmonton vaulted into second place in the NASL standings with a 2-1 Victoria Day win over NSC Minnesota Stars at Foote Field.
Kyle Porter scored twice for FCE, after Minnesota had taken the lead through Simone Bracalello.

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